So, my book's out in paperback.

[smoogatz]

It's a mystery, if you like that sort of thing, set in Provincetown, MA. The hardcover got excellent reviews from the NYT, WaPo, Chicago Trib, etc. It's called HIGH SEASON, and the paperback will only run you a measly $6.99. If you're looking for something fun to read this summer, I've got you covered. It's available on Amazon, or (maybe) at Borders, B&N or your local independent bookseller.

Okay, blatant self-promotion off.

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Okay then. It's HIGH TIME that I bought a copy. n/t

[panader0]

2. Excellent!! I hope it's at Hastings too. I'll pick up a copy. Congrats!

Rec'd to get this on the greatest page.

[babylonsister]

3. High praise on amazon; congrats, smoogatz! I'll look for it!

http://www.amazon.com/High-Season-Frank-Coffin-Mysteries/dp/0312367694

[sandnsea]

4. Congratulations!

I'll look for it for sure!

[Ian David]

5. I just downloaded it off BitTorrent for free. It's great!

I'm kidding!

I wouldn't do that to you.


Psst...

Powells.com is the most Progressive online book seller...


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21Fr5oxbCvL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA198_SH20_.jpg
ISBN13: 9780312945213
ISBN10: 0312945213

Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Provincetown police detective Frank Coffin had been a well-respected Baltimore homicide detective. But when he started having panic attacks at crime scenes and fainting at the sight of corpses, he was forced to pack it in and go home to Cape Cod, where the most gruesome crimes confronting P'towns five year-round cops were usually break-ins, bicycle thefts and domestic disputes.

After eight uneventful years, a vacationing TV evangelist turns up dead on the beach at Herring Cove, wearing a wig, a pink-and-yellow muumuu, and a pair of size-twelve pumps. Not to mention the raspberry-colored taffeta scarf strangling his neck. Ordinarily, the Cape and Islands DA's office and the State Police investigate major crimes on the Cape, but P'town's powers-that-be are nervous. Coffin's given a choice by the new police chief: investigate or lose his job.

So Frank and his partner, Officer Lola Winters, an ex--army MP, start out on the trail of a killer, visiting the restaurants and tourist spots the evangelist and his wife visited by day, and the drag bars and isolated trysting spots he might have frequented at night. As the body count begins to rise, however, it becomes alarmingly clear that this wasn't an isolated incident: A killer with an agenda is at large in Provincetown.

Tracking a murderer is something Coffin hoped he'd never have to do again, and the experience triggers the same nightmares thatplagued the end of his time in Baltimore. And if his life isn't complicated enough, Frank's girlfriend Jamie thinks she's being stalked by an overzealous suitor; his senile mother is stirring up trouble at the nursing home; and everyone in town has a theory about who's committing the murders.

Funny, sexy, and dark in equal measures, High Season is a mystery for anyone who's ever fallen in love with a seaside town.


More:
http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780312945213-0


Always steal Amazon's bandwidth hot-link to the Amazon image, and then link to Powells!

[Orrex]

6. LOL! I had already composed my "you're a jerk" reply before I actually read your post

:rofl:

[latebloomer]

7. Looks fun!

I'll order it for my beach vacation- perfect!

Congratulations!

:hi:

PS- What does "smoogatz" mean?

It sounds like a word Tony Soprano might use.

[smoogatz]

9. LOL.

You're right--it does! It's actually a totally made-up word--a nickname we had for the cat. But yeah, it sounds like a Sicilian word for something that's stuck to the bottom of your shoe.

[Sequoia]

8. This does look pretty interesting.

Bummer....I have to request a copy from the library and wait.......

This certainly has good reviews. Thanks.

[smoogatz]

10. Thanks for taking a look at it.

I guess the good news is that somebody's got it checked out...

[Sequoia]

11. Yes, I get a little annoyed at my country library.

But I've found a few gems in the basement. Old books!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

12. Got it

from the library today. Along with Snotty McClellan's book and Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear.

[smoogatz]

13. Quiz on Monday!

Kidding. Hope you enjoy it.

[Forkboy]

14. I'll have to check that out.

It'll be strange reading a book with locations I know so well (lived on the Cape for awhile). It'll be like reading Robert Parker's Spencer novels. I know all the locations because it's always set in Boston and surrounding areas. One of his books was set right in Fitchburg, Ma, where I live. Kind of weird.

[Wheezy]

15. I'll be on the lookout for it!

Congrats!